I imagine the Labour Party will be one of the many telling us "that it was them that did it".

I will be interested to hear peoples view on the exhibition material. I am generally impressed and think it's positive. The proposals show an alternative to the glass porch on the front.

Key issues that I think are worth discussing include:
- Are they confident that both entrances will remain in use, even when the cafe is shut and the one that faces the town centre is out of view of the reception area?
- Why is the signage on the front when most people will see the building from the north or south?
- Is the ceiling height sufficient on the learner pool (it looks very low on the section) and how will the acoustics work (at Downham the learner pool is quite noisy and has a similarly low ceiling)?
- How will the reception area cope when there is a long queue (as there often is?)
- How do pedestrians walk around a parked disabled vehicle when there is a coach dropping of children and does this seem an ideal arrangement?
- The (new) vertical cladding on the new frontage/cafe block to the pools seems to make it relate less well to the retained frontage, what is the rationale for this? This seems to me to be the least successful part of the design at the moment.
- Who will manage the pocket park and what will its main use be?
- How will the pool be managed and how will Lewisham make sure it is open and useable when it is supposed to be (unlike the Bridge which always has some excluse for not being open on a sunday e.g. short staffed, pool too cold, needed to do 'sessions' that finish in 10 minutes but didn't put this on our website etc.
- Are they confident that they can let the cafe to a good operator who sells good and fresh food and be open at the same time as the pools?

A few issues to resolve but on the whole I can't wait. My 6 year old keeps asking me when it will be ready!! He wasn't really very impressed when I had to tell him he will be nearly 9 before it is finished!!